Chapter 1

Photos and maps relating to Chapter 1, taken on the Adamello glacier at Lobbia Alta, Cresta Croce and at Cannone 149G.

These are not the photos that will go with Chapter 1, they are merely here to illustrate how the QR code system could work. Each photo and map can have an extended caption to add more content.

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An Italian Ansaldo 149G 15cm howitzer, positioned on Cresta Croce ridge at 11,000ft above sea level. It could fire a 70kg shell 11km (6.5 miles).
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An Austro-Hungarian sentry stands guard on a mountain-side in the Julian Alps. Sentry-duty often lasted less than 30 minutes due to the extreme weather.
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Mountain-top positions on the Sextener Rotwand (Croda Rossa), where fighting took place at 10,000ft. Living and fighting up here was brutal and very demanding, both physically and mentally.
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Front line trenches on the Carso, recently uncovered by the bush fires that raged across this area in the summer of 2022 (which also set off numerous UXOs from WW1).
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Dead Italian Alpini skiatore, Adamello. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor.
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A captured Italian 15cm howitzer on the Cevedale glacier. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.
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Dug by the Austrians over the winter of 1915/16, these trenches are positioned on the ridge between Monte Sief and Col di Lana (in the background) and gave cover from shrapnel and the weather.
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A specimen gif to show how animated maps can show at a glance the movement of the front lines. This is a rough version, not a finished one, which will have smoother transitions.
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Italian barbed-wire entaglements at Lobbia Alta. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor. Aenean massa.
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A 15cm naval gun, pressed into service high in the Alps. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor. Aenean massa. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes.
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The Eisstadt, a city within the Marmolada glacier. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor.
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Memorial to the Bersaglieri units that fought on the Piave. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.
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An unexploded 75mm shrapnel shell on the Adamello. It's still capable of killing, 107 years later. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.
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Artillery firing map of the Ortler sector. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor.
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Caves under the Carso were used to shelter troops during bombardments. Some could accommodate as many as 1500 men.
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Fortified Italian look-out position, high above the Plockenpass (Passo Monte Croce Carnica). Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.
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Armoured forward observation post, Pal Piccolo. Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor. Aenean massa. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus.
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Austrian machinegunners on the Ortler alps. Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor. Aenean massa. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus.
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A 305/17 howitzer, mounted on a de Stefano carriage. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor. Aenean massa. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus.
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Front line positions at Korita, during the 11th Isonzo (August 1917). Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor.
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Monte vodice, seen from the destroyed monastery at Monte Santo (Sveta Gora).
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The Sentiero dei Fiori, Italian second line positions in the Presena sector. Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor. Aenean massa. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis.
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An Alpini carrying party. Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor. Aenean massa. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus.
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Austrian positions at Quota 212 on the Carso. Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor. Aenean massa. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus.
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